He's Australian so he has Democrats (I think they're still around) but not Republicans. He also lives in a country where the majority party in Parliament is a coalition of a couple of different parties and one or two independents. The opposition is also a coalition of two parties. Hell, he mentioned One Nation and the BNP in his post! Do you know who they are?
So they mistranslated "the boat was beached" to " But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.", and then "And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear." is just a mistranslation of "Jesus, get off that sand, it'll get stuck between your toes!"
Do I have that about right? If not, please correct me.
It's a bit of an exaggeration, those minitrails sound like they're about to explode if you try to get them above 30, but growing up in a small town lets you get away with a lot of stuff that us city kids could only dream about.
Those three questions don't always help. What do you see? Is usually answered by "some crazy error message." "What did the message say?" "I don't know." What did you do? "Nothing" When my Dad was first getting into the internet he'd often turn to me and say "What do I do now?" to which I would generally respond "What do you want to accomplish?" "I don't know, just tell me what to do!" I was always tempted to tell him to load up a game, then move over so I could play it.
I don't so much have a problem with that kind of thing, but the car lot commercials that feel the need to throw in the sound of a car horn. As someone who appreciates the radio while he's driving they always throw me for a few seconds. We'll leave the topic of commercials that feel the need to repeat repeat their URL 5 times for another time.
Some people seem to have a problem with leaving a gap between your car and the car in front. I think it's because they're in such a hurry that the fraction of a second they loose by leaving that space would make them late.
It also (allegedly) has a super-secret stealth skin to make it harder to see on RADAR. That's the magic ingredient for these. Come to think of it, I wonder if they already have the skin, from the helicopter tail that they lost getting Bin Laden.
It's all about the path of least resistance. Sure, if we could somehow convince these companies to stop spending money on advertising then the prices would come down, but there's no way to do that.
The current situation is that companies send out ads and charge higher prices to pay for them.mrmeval has found a way to benefit from that, so the higher prices he pays is really just paying to heat his house, instead of the total loss it is for you.
Ok, I'll concede that those questions show a level of abstration that most people wouldn't have to deal with regularly. I have two things to say about that: 1. In 10th grade a lot of people still don't know what do with their lives, and those unfortunate enough to become engineers will need that kind of math. 2. The guy didn't get a single question right! No matter how little you use it in the course of your work surely you should be able to figure out a couple.
In that one, her hourly rate came out to $7 and some change. It's easy enough to work out that the $203 answer would only be correct for and hourly rate of $7 flat. It's a little more complicated than the first one, but still not really into needing a calculator territory.
There was indeed only one answer ending in 1, which also happened to be the only answer in even remotely the right range, the others were all over 1,000!
I never seem to see the option of rounding up to 50. My first instinct is always to split it up to 40 and 7. Like you said, I can get to the same answer in the end, but it's often the hard way. I'm not sure how to get myself out of that habit...
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Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
He's Australian so he has Democrats (I think they're still around) but not Republicans. He also lives in a country where the majority party in Parliament is a coalition of a couple of different parties and one or two independents. The opposition is also a coalition of two parties. Hell, he mentioned One Nation and the BNP in his post! Do you know who they are?
So they mistranslated "the boat was beached" to " But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.", and then "And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear." is just a mistranslation of "Jesus, get off that sand, it'll get stuck between your toes!"
Do I have that about right? If not, please correct me.
It's a bit of an exaggeration, those minitrails sound like they're about to explode if you try to get them above 30, but growing up in a small town lets you get away with a lot of stuff that us city kids could only dream about.
Which is exactly what they did. As explained quite nicely by an earlier AC: http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2576472&cid=38389638
WHOOSH!
Yes.
Those three questions don't always help.
What do you see? Is usually answered by "some crazy error message." "What did the message say?" "I don't know."
What did you do? "Nothing"
When my Dad was first getting into the internet he'd often turn to me and say "What do I do now?" to which I would generally respond "What do you want to accomplish?" "I don't know, just tell me what to do!" I was always tempted to tell him to load up a game, then move over so I could play it.
Probably both!
I don't so much have a problem with that kind of thing, but the car lot commercials that feel the need to throw in the sound of a car horn. As someone who appreciates the radio while he's driving they always throw me for a few seconds. We'll leave the topic of commercials that feel the need to repeat repeat their URL 5 times for another time.
Muphry's law strikes again! (I'm not sure if this actually counts, but I'm calling it close enough.)
I'm not sure what it is about that site, but it doesn't give me a good feeling.
Which is why you leave 50 feet, to give yourself time to stop and NOT get into an accident.
Some people seem to have a problem with leaving a gap between your car and the car in front. I think it's because they're in such a hurry that the fraction of a second they loose by leaving that space would make them late.
It also (allegedly) has a super-secret stealth skin to make it harder to see on RADAR. That's the magic ingredient for these. Come to think of it, I wonder if they already have the skin, from the helicopter tail that they lost getting Bin Laden.
Kinda like how Bush Jr. destroyed the economy, then handed the keys to Obama, and now everyone's blaming him.
(I must apologize, I generally try to avoid turning everything into a political debate, but I couldn't resist this time.)
But what a way to spend a century!
Shit.
It's all about the path of least resistance. Sure, if we could somehow convince these companies to stop spending money on advertising then the prices would come down, but there's no way to do that.
The current situation is that companies send out ads and charge higher prices to pay for them.mrmeval has found a way to benefit from that, so the higher prices he pays is really just paying to heat his house, instead of the total loss it is for you.
And he also hasn't had to read in quite some time.
Ok, I'll concede that those questions show a level of abstration that most people wouldn't have to deal with regularly. I have two things to say about that:
1. In 10th grade a lot of people still don't know what do with their lives, and those unfortunate enough to become engineers will need that kind of math.
2. The guy didn't get a single question right! No matter how little you use it in the course of your work surely you should be able to figure out a couple.
In that one, her hourly rate came out to $7 and some change. It's easy enough to work out that the $203 answer would only be correct for and hourly rate of $7 flat. It's a little more complicated than the first one, but still not really into needing a calculator territory.
There was indeed only one answer ending in 1, which also happened to be the only answer in even remotely the right range, the others were all over 1,000!
I never seem to see the option of rounding up to 50. My first instinct is always to split it up to 40 and 7. Like you said, I can get to the same answer in the end, but it's often the hard way. I'm not sure how to get myself out of that habit...